Dial M for Murder
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Approximately where you're standing now.
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-How?.
-Tomorrow evening, Halliday...

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...the American boyfriend,
and I will go out to a stag party.

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She'll stay here.
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She'll go to bed early and
listen to theater on the radio.

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She always does when I'm out.
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At exactly three minutes to 11, you'll
enter the house through the street door.

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You'll find the key to this door...
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...under the stair carpet here.
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-The fifth step.
-That's the one.

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Go straight to the window...
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...and hide behind the curtains.
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At exactly 11:00, I'll go
to the telephone in the hotel...

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...to call my boss.
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I shall dial the wrong number,
this number.

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That's all I shall do.
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When the phone rings, you'll see the light
go on under her bedroom door.

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When she opens it, the light
will stream across the room.

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So don't move until
she answers the phone.

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There must be as little noise as possible.
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After you've finished...
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...pick up the phone and give me
a soft whistle and hang up.

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Don't speak, whatever you do.
I shan't say a word.

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When I hear your whistle,
I shall hang up and redial...

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...the correct number this time.
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I shall then talk to my boss as if nothing
had happened and return to the party.

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What happens next?. Go on.
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You'll see the suitcase here.
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It contains clothes of mine
for the cleaners.

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Open it and tip the clothes
out onto the floor.

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Then fill it with a cigarette box
and some of these cups.

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Close the lid,
but don't snap the locks.

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Then leave the suitcase there,
just as it is now.

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As if I'd left in a hurry.
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That's the idea.
Now, the window....

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If it's locked, unlock it
and leave it open.

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Then go out exactly
the same way you came in.

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-By this door?.
-Yes.

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And here's the most important thing.
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As you go out, return the key
to the place where you found it.

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-Under the stair carpet?.
-Yes.

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Yes, but what exactly is supposed
to have happened?.


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